U.S. Intelligence Director: North Korea Has Restarted Its 'Weapons-Grade Plutonium Reactor'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center) reacts as he watches a missile launch in North Korea in this photo released Feb. 7, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS/KYODO

Daily Mail: North Korea has restarted its plutonium reactor and could soon have enough for a nuclear bomb, says US intelligence chief, as Kim Jong-un carries out missile tests

* U.S. spy boss warns North Korea will soon begin stockpiling plutonium
* James Clapper told the Senate North Korea had restarted nuclear facilities
* He warned intelligence estimates suggested it would soon have reserves

North Korea has expanded a uranium enrichment facility and restarted a reactor that could see it stockpiling enough plutonium to create a nuclear bomb, a U.S. intelligence chief has warned.

It comes after Pyongyang announced in 2013 its intention to refurbish and restart its nuclear facilities which it had shut down in 2007 - and began testing long range missiles under the guise of 'satellite' launches.

The development marks the pariah nation as one of the main threats facing the U.S. this year, James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, claimed.

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